1968 Map of Lairdsville

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The hills of Lycoming and Columbia counties transition into the forested ridges of Buck Ridge and Northside Ridge in this late-twentieth-century study. Small, rural villages such as Lairdsville and Unityville anchor a landscape defined by high-elevation farming and early-century infrastructure. The presence of numerous country churches and schools, including St Johns Ch and the Shoemaker Bridge Sch, suggests a series of tight-knit, ridge-top communities that remained largely intact through the 1970s. The southern portion of the area is dominated by the sprawling State Game Lands No 226, where the terrain drops toward Iola and Millville. Waterways like Little Muncy Creek and Little Fishing Creek carve deep valleys between the ridges, influencing the location of the few primary roads. Researchers can trace family-named landmarks such as Ritters Crossroads and the Gardner Cem, which provide glimpses into the nineteenth-century settlement patterns that persisted in these Pennsylvania highlands.